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>    This part covers topics that are of interest to a
    <SPAN
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> database administrator.  This includes
    installation of the software, set up and configuration of the
    server, management of users and databases, and maintenance tasks.
    Anyone who runs a <SPAN
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    with the topics covered in this part.
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>    The information in this part is arranged approximately in the
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    self-contained and can be read individually as desired.  The
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>    The first few chapters are written so they can be understood
    without prerequisite knowledge, so new users who need to set
    up their own server can begin their exploration with this part.
    The rest of this part is about tuning and management; that material
    assumes that the reader is familiar with the general use of
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>15. <A
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>Installation from Source Code</A
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>15.1. <A
HREF="install-short.html"
>Short Version</A
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>15.2. <A
HREF="install-requirements.html"
>Requirements</A
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>15.3. <A
HREF="install-getsource.html"
>Getting The Source</A
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><DT
>15.4. <A
HREF="install-procedure.html"
>Installation Procedure</A
></DT
><DT
>15.5. <A
HREF="install-post.html"
>Post-Installation Setup</A
></DT
><DT
>15.6. <A
HREF="supported-platforms.html"
>Supported Platforms</A
></DT
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>15.7. <A
HREF="installation-platform-notes.html"
>Platform-specific Notes</A
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>16. <A
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>Installation from Source Code on <SPAN
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>Windows</SPAN
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>16.1. <A
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>Building with <SPAN
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>Visual C++</SPAN
> or the
  <SPAN
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>Platform SDK</SPAN
></A
></DT
><DT
>16.2. <A
HREF="install-windows-libpq.html"
>Building <SPAN
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>libpq</SPAN
> with
  <SPAN
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>Visual C++</SPAN
> or
  <SPAN
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>Borland C++</SPAN
></A
></DT
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></DD
><DT
>17. <A
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>Server Setup and Operation</A
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><DD
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><DT
>17.1. <A
HREF="postgres-user.html"
>The <SPAN
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>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> User Account</A
></DT
><DT
>17.2. <A
HREF="creating-cluster.html"
>Creating a Database Cluster</A
></DT
><DT
>17.3. <A
HREF="server-start.html"
>Starting the Database Server</A
></DT
><DT
>17.4. <A
HREF="kernel-resources.html"
>Managing Kernel Resources</A
></DT
><DT
>17.5. <A
HREF="server-shutdown.html"
>Shutting Down the Server</A
></DT
><DT
>17.6. <A
HREF="upgrading.html"
>Upgrading a <SPAN
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>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> Cluster</A
></DT
><DT
>17.7. <A
HREF="preventing-server-spoofing.html"
>Preventing Server Spoofing</A
></DT
><DT
>17.8. <A
HREF="encryption-options.html"
>Encryption Options</A
></DT
><DT
>17.9. <A
HREF="ssl-tcp.html"
>Secure TCP/IP Connections with SSL</A
></DT
><DT
>17.10. <A
HREF="ssh-tunnels.html"
>Secure TCP/IP Connections with <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>SSH</SPAN
> Tunnels</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>18. <A
HREF="runtime-config.html"
>Server Configuration</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>18.1. <A
HREF="config-setting.html"
>Setting Parameters</A
></DT
><DT
>18.2. <A
HREF="runtime-config-file-locations.html"
>File Locations</A
></DT
><DT
>18.3. <A
HREF="runtime-config-connection.html"
>Connections and Authentication</A
></DT
><DT
>18.4. <A
HREF="runtime-config-resource.html"
>Resource Consumption</A
></DT
><DT
>18.5. <A
HREF="runtime-config-wal.html"
>Write Ahead Log</A
></DT
><DT
>18.6. <A
HREF="runtime-config-replication.html"
>Replication</A
></DT
><DT
>18.7. <A
HREF="runtime-config-query.html"
>Query Planning</A
></DT
><DT
>18.8. <A
HREF="runtime-config-logging.html"
>Error Reporting and Logging</A
></DT
><DT
>18.9. <A
HREF="runtime-config-statistics.html"
>Run-time Statistics</A
></DT
><DT
>18.10. <A
HREF="runtime-config-autovacuum.html"
>Automatic Vacuuming</A
></DT
><DT
>18.11. <A
HREF="runtime-config-client.html"
>Client Connection Defaults</A
></DT
><DT
>18.12. <A
HREF="runtime-config-locks.html"
>Lock Management</A
></DT
><DT
>18.13. <A
HREF="runtime-config-compatible.html"
>Version and Platform Compatibility</A
></DT
><DT
>18.14. <A
HREF="runtime-config-error-handling.html"
>Error Handling</A
></DT
><DT
>18.15. <A
HREF="runtime-config-preset.html"
>Preset Options</A
></DT
><DT
>18.16. <A
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>Customized Options</A
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><DT
>18.17. <A
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>Developer Options</A
></DT
><DT
>18.18. <A
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>Short Options</A
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>19. <A
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>Client Authentication</A
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>19.1. <A
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>The <TT
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>pg_hba.conf</TT
> File</A
></DT
><DT
>19.2. <A
HREF="auth-username-maps.html"
>User Name Maps</A
></DT
><DT
>19.3. <A
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>Authentication Methods</A
></DT
><DT
>19.4. <A
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>Authentication Problems</A
></DT
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>20. <A
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>Database Roles</A
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>20.1. <A
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>Database Roles</A
></DT
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>20.2. <A
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>Role Attributes</A
></DT
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>20.3. <A
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>Role Membership</A
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><DT
>20.4. <A
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>Function and Trigger Security</A
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>21. <A
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>Managing Databases</A
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>21.1. <A
HREF="manage-ag-overview.html"
>Overview</A
></DT
><DT
>21.2. <A
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>Creating a Database</A
></DT
><DT
>21.3. <A
HREF="manage-ag-templatedbs.html"
>Template Databases</A
></DT
><DT
>21.4. <A
HREF="manage-ag-config.html"
>Database Configuration</A
></DT
><DT
>21.5. <A
HREF="manage-ag-dropdb.html"
>Destroying a Database</A
></DT
><DT
>21.6. <A
HREF="manage-ag-tablespaces.html"
>Tablespaces</A
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>22. <A
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>Localization</A
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>22.1. <A
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>Locale Support</A
></DT
><DT
>22.2. <A
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>Collation Support</A
></DT
><DT
>22.3. <A
HREF="multibyte.html"
>Character Set Support</A
></DT
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><DT
>23. <A
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>Routine Database Maintenance Tasks</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>23.1. <A
HREF="routine-vacuuming.html"
>Routine Vacuuming</A
></DT
><DT
>23.2. <A
HREF="routine-reindex.html"
>Routine Reindexing</A
></DT
><DT
>23.3. <A
HREF="logfile-maintenance.html"
>Log File Maintenance</A
></DT
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><DT
>24. <A
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>Backup and Restore</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>24.1. <A
HREF="backup-dump.html"
><ACRONYM
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SQL</ACRONYM
> Dump</A
></DT
><DT
>24.2. <A
HREF="backup-file.html"
>File System Level Backup</A
></DT
><DT
>24.3. <A
HREF="continuous-archiving.html"
>Continuous Archiving and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)</A
></DT
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></DD
><DT
>25. <A
HREF="high-availability.html"
>High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>25.1. <A
HREF="different-replication-solutions.html"
>Comparison of Different Solutions</A
></DT
><DT
>25.2. <A
HREF="warm-standby.html"
>Log-Shipping Standby Servers</A
></DT
><DT
>25.3. <A
HREF="warm-standby-failover.html"
>Failover</A
></DT
><DT
>25.4. <A
HREF="log-shipping-alternative.html"
>Alternative Method for Log Shipping</A
></DT
><DT
>25.5. <A
HREF="hot-standby.html"
>Hot Standby</A
></DT
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></DD
><DT
>26. <A
HREF="recovery-config.html"
>Recovery Configuration</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>26.1. <A
HREF="archive-recovery-settings.html"
>Archive Recovery Settings</A
></DT
><DT
>26.2. <A
HREF="recovery-target-settings.html"
>Recovery Target Settings</A
></DT
><DT
>26.3. <A
HREF="standby-settings.html"
>Standby Server Settings</A
></DT
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></DD
><DT
>27. <A
HREF="monitoring.html"
>Monitoring Database Activity</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>27.1. <A
HREF="monitoring-ps.html"
>Standard Unix Tools</A
></DT
><DT
>27.2. <A
HREF="monitoring-stats.html"
>The Statistics Collector</A
></DT
><DT
>27.3. <A
HREF="monitoring-locks.html"
>Viewing Locks</A
></DT
><DT
>27.4. <A
HREF="dynamic-trace.html"
>Dynamic Tracing</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>28. <A
HREF="diskusage.html"
>Monitoring Disk Usage</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>28.1. <A
HREF="disk-usage.html"
>Determining Disk Usage</A
></DT
><DT
>28.2. <A
HREF="disk-full.html"
>Disk Full Failure</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>29. <A
HREF="wal.html"
>Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>29.1. <A
HREF="wal-reliability.html"
>Reliability</A
></DT
><DT
>29.2. <A
HREF="wal-intro.html"
>Write-Ahead Logging (<ACRONYM
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>WAL</ACRONYM
>)</A
></DT
><DT
>29.3. <A
HREF="wal-async-commit.html"
>Asynchronous Commit</A
></DT
><DT
>29.4. <A
HREF="wal-configuration.html"
><ACRONYM
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>WAL</ACRONYM
> Configuration</A
></DT
><DT
>29.5. <A
HREF="wal-internals.html"
>WAL Internals</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>30. <A
HREF="regress.html"
>Regression Tests</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>30.1. <A
HREF="regress-run.html"
>Running the Tests</A
></DT
><DT
>30.2. <A
HREF="regress-evaluation.html"
>Test Evaluation</A
></DT
><DT
>30.3. <A
HREF="regress-variant.html"
>Variant Comparison Files</A
></DT
><DT
>30.4. <A
HREF="regress-coverage.html"
>Test Coverage Examination</A
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